School Notes

Date posted:   Jan 31, 2024

Roya Hakakian speaks about "the plight of Iranian women and the silence of feminists."

Photo of Roya Hakakian

Iranian-American writer, journalist, and public speaker Roya Hakakian spoke at Boston College on January 31, 2024 about the women's movement in Iran and the ways in which feminists around the world have struggled to support it.  Her packed lecture was part of the Lowell Humanities series, and was co-sponsored by the IS Program's Global Citizenship Project